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It's only January, but I already feel comfortable in predicting that Frank Burns is going to win Troll of the Year hands down. What a tool this guy is. Evidence:

http://bluenc.com/user/frank-burns/track

Why are you here, Frank Burns, other than to throw grenades? It's obvious you could care less about rational thought or discussion, but moreover, it's even more obvious you're a right wing sycophant only interested in trolling t his progressive site to get your jollies. We progressive aren't into censorship so you'll likely never get blocked for just being a moron, unless you cross the line (please, please cross the line so James can ban you), but you're adding NOTHING to the discussion.

NOTHING.

Please go away and play with your little fascist right wing buddies on Red State or FOX or something.

The best line of the weekend summing up the idiocy that is Sarah Palin and her mouth-breathing followers comes from Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi, of course:

It’s basically a risk-free strategy. You get up on stage and you say, “I’m just like all you idiots. And you idiots rock!” People will fall for this stuff. The ingenious part in Sarah Palin’s case is that she probably genuinely believes it.

On the way in to work this morning I heard the following uttered with no comment or even a hint of irony:

"...and headlining the conference, that expects to host more than 70,000 people in Charlotte, is Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Chuck Norris and Charlie Daniels..."

All I could think of is, "wow, what a brain trust that is. Kind of reminds me of the blue collar comedy tour only not nearly as smart."

“On Friday night, I called my wife and I said, ‘Brooke, I am not coming home this weekend. I will call you on Monday. Tonight, I want you to go to the ATM machine, and I want you to draw out everything it will let you take," Burr said, according to the Hendersonville Times-News. "And I want you to tomorrow, and I want you to go Sunday.’ I was convinced on Friday night that if you put a plastic card in an ATM machine the last thing you were going to get was cash.”

Now honestly, is that the kind of leadership that is needed in a crisis?